# NTSB MKC90LA042: Cessna 152, N6095M, St Charles, MO, January 8, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1990, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Coordinates: 38.789928, -90.510635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7899&lon=-90.5106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC90LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34922/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA042

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  THE CROSSWIND CONDITION,  THE STUDENT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, AND THE BUILDING (HANGAR).

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT & IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY & COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR. A LEFT CROSS-WIND EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6095M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6095M-2013-06-13), registration cancelled 2013-06-13, S/N 15284620, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284620
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Morgan E. August
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airport: 3SQ, St Charles Muni, runway 27, 3,455 × 49 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: STL, 8 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900108000259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108000259A), Jan 8, 1990: Cessna 152, St Charles, MO, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind, left the runway and struck a hangar.

## Other investigations on N6095M (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI90LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA176), Jul 18, 1990: Cessna 152 (N6095M), California, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE STUDENT PILOTS LACK OF FUEL USE AWARENESS AND INADEQUATE TRAINING REGARDING CROSS COUNTRY FUEL CONSUMPTION PLANNING AND AWARENESS.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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